Potassium 24 hour urine at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST

100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$46.51

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$77.52

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$3.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $58.14 with HealthSmart — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $3.97 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $4.25 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.49 ↓ -90%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $4.59 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $4.73 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $4.73 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $4.97 ↓ -89%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.97 ↓ -89%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $4.97 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.30 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $5.68 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $5.94 ↓ -87%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $5.96 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $6.82 ↓ -85%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $7.07 ↓ -85%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $7.07 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $7.80 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $9.10 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $10.70 ↓ -77%
Mark Cuban Commercial $11.35 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $24.45 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $24.79 ↓ -47%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $25.58 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $28.33 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $29.85 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Charter $34.40 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Nexus $34.40 ↓ -26%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $37.98 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $38.92 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $42.64 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $42.64 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $42.64 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $44.96 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $44.96 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $45.74 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $46.51 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $50.39 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $50.39 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $54.26 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $54.26 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $54.26 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $58.14 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $58.14 ↑ +25%

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Potassium 24 hour urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $40.05 $3.97 – $20.86
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $112.65 $4.26 – $18.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $58.91 $3.97 – $73.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $46.51 $6.93 – $69.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $58.31 $3.97 – $72.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $58.91 $3.97 – $73.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $46.51 $4.25 – $69.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $46.51 $3.97 – $69.77

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